The victim suffered minor injuries during the robbery, which took place about 3 p.m., according to San Diego police.

The bandits fled the Mission Valley shopping center in a silver or gray pickup truck, possibly a Toyota Tundra, SDPD public-affairs Officer Mark Herring said. Witnesses described them as Latinos in their mid-20s to mid-30s, one wearing a black hat and gray sweater, the other a blue shirt.